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Jessica Wagner

My 15 years of steel industry experience includes consulting based in Pittsburgh, working for the former Mannesmann Demag Hüttentechnik in Duisburg, Germany, consulting based in London and now in the Milan area. I concentrate on steel and raw materials research and analysis outside the US.

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China crude steel production 67.2M tonnes in January

February 21, 2017

Worldsteel reported Chinese crude steel production at 67.2 million metric tonnes in January, 7.4% higher than in January 2016. China’s net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in January were 6.3 million tonnes, 28.1% lower than in January 2016 and the lowest level since April 2014. China monthly crude steel production January 2005 to January […]

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Who is expanding (or closing) capacity in the North American steel industry? Here’s your list

February 17, 2017

To keep track of North American steel industry capacity additions, closures, idlings, and restarts we put together a downloadable list with links to announcements and/or news sources. The spreadsheet is organized by product (upstream, carbon long products, carbon flat roll, stainless & silicon, pipe & tube, downstream, and steel-related) and can be viewed on the […]

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US flat steel products imports up 1% in January

February 8, 2017

Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports rose 1% from 835,000 short tons in December to 841,000 tons in January. Flat products imports in January 2016 were 997,000 tons and in January 2015 they were 1,499,000 tons. There was little change between December and January because hot rolled and hot dip galvanized imports […]

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China crude steel production 67.2Mt in December and 808.4Mt in 2016

January 27, 2017

Worldsteel reported crude steel production in China at 67.2 million metric tonnes in December, 3.2% higher than in December 2015. Taking into account Worldsteel revisions, full-year output in 2016 was 1.2% higher than it was in 2015. In addition, China’s net finished steel exports (exports minus imports) in December were 6.6 million tonnes, 30% lower […]

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2016 world crude steel production 1.63Bn tonnes

January 26, 2017

Worldsteel published December and full-year 2016 global crude steel production on January 25th. World crude steel production was 134.1 million metric tonnes in December, 5.5% higher than in December 2015. Full-year 2016 production was 1,629 million tonnes, 0.8% higher than in 2015. Chinese crude production accounted for 50% of full-year 2016 world output and showed […]

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US long products imports up 6% in December

January 19, 2017

Based on reported import licenses, US long products imports rose 6% from 343,000 short tons in November to 362,000 tons in December. Long products imports in December 2015 were 458,000 tons and in December 2014 they were 353,000 tons. Longs imports for the the full 2016 year were basically unchanged from 2015, since the 5% […]

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